Heroines Behind the Lines is a
series that weaves tales based on actual people, places and events. The order of the books is as follows:Wedded to War, Widow of Gettysburg, Yankee
in Atlantaand ending with Spy of
Richmond. Each book is a story told
based on the research of the author that her bibliography shows after the tale
is complete. Though each book can stand alone, I highly recommend reading them in
order because of what readers discover in the pages about real people, events
and more in our history.

What a sad state it would be if
those who lived during that time hadn’t left us with journals written without
foreknowledge of the generations impacted by what they shared. Spy of
Richmond has a plethora of action, plot twists and turns along
with drawing the audience into the action and suspense.In the novel, every time
I thought the story was drawing to a conclusion, the author would introduce an
element in the plot that kept me turning the pages long into the night.

With this book being the final
installment in the series, I have no idea what will come next from Jocelyn
Green but I bet it will be worth reading and sharing with family and
friends. As I read, I found myself
feeling various emotions as characters went through joy, sorrow, battles, fear,
faith and more. What happened with the
real woman, Elizabeth Van Lew, after the war was over is sad to read; yet, when
people decades after her passing marked Elizabeth’s final resting place, one
cannot help but be touched.

The cloud of witnesses mentioned
in the book of Hebrews in the Bible comes to mind when I read about decisions
people in the past made as well as their sacrifice reminding us to make or keep
a commitment to the path of faith in God and love of country. My eternal thanks to all who gave so much for
the United States then and now, and a call to all to help in any way we can to
keep America from coming loose from her foundations! As the characters in the series clung to the
Word and prayer, may we continue to carry that light into the future!

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blog. Regardless, I only recommend
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Why we do what we do

When this blog began it was during a time of raising my sons and care taking for ailing inlaws. Before those seasons ended this blog morphed into writing reviews and interviewing authors. With the constant change in the Christian publishing industry and our society, our purpose expanded.

With my girlfriend coming alongside, we review all sorts of novels, hunting for sound stories. While there are a couple genres we will not review for several reasons, we remain open to looking into new opportunities to read and share about good books!

In all of what we do we aim to bring glory to God and Christ Jesus in the ministry of blogging which we believe He has blessed us to do. We are always amazed that we get to wake up and do something with such profound joy each and everyday.